Philippa Barziza to Cordelia Slater, 1882 August 6

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 8, Item: 6

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Philippa Barziza to Cordelia Slater, 1882 August 6

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Scope and Contents

A letter, dated August 6, 1882, from Philippa Barziza in Houston, Texas to her cousin Cordelia Slater in Williamsburg, Virginia. Barziza writes of relations, local produce, and the cool weather. The tone of her letter is despondent: “You cannot imagine how changed I feel. I take no pleasure in anything, not even in reading, to which I was once devoted.”

This letter is written on the stationery of D.U. Barziza, Attorney at Law, Houston, Texas.

Dates

Creation: 1882 August 6

Creator

From the Collection: Ludwell Paradise, Lucy (Person)
From the Collection: Lee, James (Person)
From the Collection: Lee, Philip Ludwell (Person)
From the Collection: Slater, Virginia Helena Lee (Person)

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